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Ceanothus microphyllus

Ceanothus microphyllus

Found in longleaf pine sandhills. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Florida edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Keystone

Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Light
Up to 6 hours of direct sun
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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 42 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

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Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 79 animals.

All wildlife of Florida

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

34CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Ceanothus

  • Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
  • Ancylis semiovanaHalf-Oval Ancylis
  • Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
  • Calycopis cecropsRed-Banded Hairstreak, Cecrops Hairstreak
  • Celastrina neglectaSummer Azure
  • Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
  • Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
  • Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
  • Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
  • Erastria colorariaBroad-Lined Erastria
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  • Erastria cruentariaThin-Lined Erastria
  • Euchlaena marginariaOchre Euchlaena
  • Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
  • Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
  • Gesta martialisMottled Duskywing
  • Haploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa
  • Harrisimemna trisignataHarris's Three-Spot
  • Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
  • Hypena bijugalisDimorphic Bomolocha, Dimorphic Snout
  • Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
  • Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
  • Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
  • Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
  • Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
  • Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet Moth
  • Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
  • Redectis vitreaWhite-Spotted Redactis
  • Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
  • Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
  • Xanthotype sospetaCrocus Geometer
  • Zale minereaColorful Zale
  • Lithacodes fiskeanus
  • Periploca ceanothiella
  • Stigmella inconspicuella
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
46BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Ceanothus

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
1Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Ceanothus

  • Protandrena pauper
Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Ceanothus

  • Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak
  • Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
RHAMNACEAE

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rankS4S5
Global rankNot available
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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